Raiders rebound to capturethird at Harry Moore Classic

Published 3:12 pm, Friday, April 22, 2016

Mike Armstrong and Brandon King both hit for double figures as the Marlette varsity boys basketball team bounced back from a disappointing first round loss to claim third place in the Harry C. Moore Classic Tournament with a 52-28 win over Brown City on December 30th in a game played at Capac.

Armstrong poured in 16 points while King netted 12 to lead the Raider attack.

Also scoring for Marlette were Kolby Lange with nine, Kyle Hall with eight, Alex Storm and Donnie Thomas both with three and Grant Fiedler with two.

Marlette led 26-24 at halftime, but used a big 17-8 third quarter to surge to the win.

Marlette hit 21 of 48 from the field for 44%, added four of nine from 3-point land and hit six of 12 from the line.

Brown City canned 15 of 48 from the hardwood, netted six of 21 from behind the arc and hit just two of six from the line.

Armstrong had a strong overall game with three assists.

“This was a good win for the kids. We played well in the tournament,” Marlette coach Chris Storm observed.

Through the holiday tournament, Armstrong was pacing the offense averaging 13 points per game. Teammates Kyle Hall at 9.3, Brandon King at 7.7 and Alex Storm at 5.7 round out the top scorers.

Armstrong is also pacing the team in three point field goal accuracy at .286 (14 of 49) while Kolby Lange at 6 for 24 for was next at .250.

Lange is also leading the team in free throw shooting percentage hitting 10 of 15 for .667% while Brandon King was next with 10 of 17 for .588%.

Kyle Hall with 6.2 rebounds per game, Kolby Lange with a total of 19 assists and Hall with seven steals and four blocked shots were also tops amongst the team leaders in their respective categories.